By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway Over refreshments in the VIP lounge during the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China between the 400m Hurdles semis, late Coach Dag Samuels began telling his regional colleagues that his athlete would start making an impact at the 2017 Worlds. His colleagues laughed. “But Dag, you don’t even have … Continued
BVI Olympian Kyron McMaster believes he has what it takes to break the world record in the men’s 400-meter hurdle event. McMaster recently set a new national record in the aforementioned event when he competed in the finals at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan this week. He ran a time of 47.08 seconds in … Continued
The British Virgin Islands may soon have two functional competition sized swimming pools in the territory after the government identified locations on Tortola and Virgin Gorda. This was confirmed by Minister for Sport Dr. Natalio Wheatley, during an Olympic press conference on Wednesday August 4. Minister Wheatley said an agreement was made on the two … Continued
Olympian Kyron McMaster finished a close fourth in the fastest ever men’s 400-meter hurdles final, setting a new BVI national record at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan last night. Running out of lane number four, McMaster shaved time off the previous national record of 47.50 which he set in May this year, with a … Continued
Olympian finalist Chantel Malone finished 12th in the women’s long jump event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan on Monday August 2. Malone recorded a best jump of 6.50 meters, far below her semi-final performance of 6.82. The long jump event was won by Malaika Mihambo of Germany with a leap of 7.00 meters, while … Continued
Olympian Kyron McMaster became the second BVI athlete in the history of the Olympic Games to advance to a final after winning his heat in the men’s 400-meter hurdles event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan today. Running out of lane number 7 in semi-final 3 of the hurdles event, McMaster won his … Continued
Tokyo, Japan, August 1, 2021 – Chantel Malone made history for the British Virgin Islands once more when she qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games long jump finals with a distance of 6.82m achieved on her 3rd attempt at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on Sunday, August 1. “I’m excited and happy to be going … Continued
Olympian Kyron McMaster is through to the semi-finals of the men’s 400-meter hurdles event after winning his heat at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan late Thursday. Running out of lane number 2 in heat 4 of the first round, McMaster eased to victory with a time of 48.79 seconds. He defeated second place Yasmani … Continued
Olympian Kyron McMaster will be the first from the three-member British Virgin Islands team to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan tonight local time. McMaster will be running out of lane number 2 in heat number 4 of the men’s 400-meter hurdle race, between the hours of 10:25pm and 10:57pm local time. … Continued
CNN STYLE New Barbie doll modeled on tennis star Naomi Osaka has sold out just hours after it was released on Monday. The new doll is part of the Barbie Role Model series and holds a Yonex tennis racket, according to a press release from toy company Mattel. It sports a Nike tennis dress and … Continued
